The Mile High Pride Flag is handwoven and was constructed for the Queer City of the Plains exhibition in 2020 (curated by Brendan Picker). Its design builds on Gilbert Baker’s original 1978 flag and Daniel Quasar’s 2018 Progress Pride Flag. Its golden-yellow center also points to Denver’s city flag design which was created by Margaret Overbeck in 1926 and integrated design elements from the US, Colorado, Apache, Ute, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Arapahoe Nation flags. This flag’s form pays tribute to Denver’s original diva, Molly Brown’s opera cloak (seen at the History Colorado Center). Frost weaves these materials, colors, and design elements together in a familiar yet contemporary form which serves as a metaphor for the broad range of people that have come together to make Denver the Queer City of the Plains.

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